SevenOne Scores Canadian, Australian Successor Deals

MUNICH, October 22: SevenOne International has licensed The
Successor to Canada and Australia, a few
days ahead of the premiere of the American version of the show on NBC.

Phenomenon, NBC’s
adaptation of The Successor,
launches October 24 with illusionists Uri Geller and Criss Angel. The American
show, distributed by SevenOne along with the format rights, will simultaneously
air on CTV in Canada. Other deals are expected to be announced shortly.

The Successor is
based on an Israeli TV format that first aired in spring 2007 on Keshet,
Channel 2, with an average market share of 50 percent.

Announcing the deal, Jens Richter, the managing director of
SevenOne International, noted: “American TV channels are increasingly on the
look-out for new shows outside the U.S. Also, until a few years ago, Great
Britain and the Netherlands were almost the only countries to export TV shows
to America. Nowadays, many other countries come up with great ideas that also
work in the U.S. Think of ProSieben’s show Beat Your Host, which we have sold to Warner Bros. in April or The
Successor, which originates in Israel where
it has scored excellent market shares. We are positive that NBC and CTV Media
will be equally successful.”

—By Mansha Daswani